Lesson Five: "Ash Grove" Examples

Here are seven versions of the A part of the familiar tune, "Ash Grove."

1. Bare melody
2. Two-note "chords"
3. Drones
4. Moving fills
5. Runs and arpeggios
6. Basslines
7. Chord rolls
8. Flams

To expand this article, I hope to eventually discuss rhythmic embellishments like the root-fifth pattern and triangular chord patterns that I learned from Tim Seaman, as well as some ornamental embellishments like hammer rolls and turns. I also hope to talk a little about how one might go about combining the various embellishments into an arrangement.

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